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WEALTH Day of Environmental Advocacy and Education at the Capitol
On Monday February 5th, 2024, WEALTH Day will bring together organizations, advocates, and legislators from across Kansas to connect on Water, Energy, Air, Land, Transportation, and Health – WEALTH. The Climate + Energy Project has been hosting a collaborative event around climate issues for over a decade.
Wind Energy: A Wildlife Biologist’s Take
As a wildlife biologist, I think that the impacts of commercial-scale land-based wind farms on wildlife have been significantly reduced, and that guidelines and regulatory measures are in place to reduce these impacts further. I am also convinced that climate change impacts wildlife much more than well-regulated wind farms.
SUN AND WIND
In the face of the climate crisis, both the sun and wind are sources of new blessing. By harvesting solar energy from the sun in solar panels and harnessing the power of the wind with wind turbines, both sun and wind have become tremendous sources of clean and sustainable energy.
Climate + Energy Project awarded $400,000 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Buildings UP Program
The Climate + Energy Project is pleased to announce that its program, Energy Navigators, has been awarded $400,000 in Phase 1 funding to build community-driven pathways to upgrading homes, improving home energy efficiency, reducing energy burden, and improving health of Kansans experiencing energy insecurity.
Evergy Rate Case Settlement: Climate + Energy Project Joins Unanimously-reached Agreement
Evergy's rate case has been resolved with a unanimous agreement from interveners/stakeholders, including CEP. The net increase of $74 million will result in an average monthly bill increase of $4.64 for residential customers in Evergy's Kansas Central territory. In...
CLIMATE CHANGE MISINFORMATION: LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
Climate change is a real and urgent problem caused by human activity that requires immediate action—and misinformation gets in the way of taking action. Let's take a closer look at how and why climate change misinformation spreads. Climate change misinformation is a...
TAKE ACTION! SAY NO TO EVERGY’S DIRTY RATE HIKES
Kansas’ largest utility monopoly, Evergy, is proposing a rate increase for nearly 1 million Kansas customers. The proposed rate increase would be one of the largest in the company’s history, hiking Kansas Central customers’ bills by more than $170 per year. Kansas City area Metro customers will see an additional $42 per year.
CEP LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – APRIL 26, 2023
april 26, 2023 Session Wrap-Up, Vetoes, and HB 2100 The legislature returned Wednesday where they must proceed to pass an omnibus budget and a school finance bill to meet their constitutional obligations. Since adjournment,...
CEP Legislative Update – March 28, 2023
march 28, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: The legislature has officially concluded its committee work for non-exempt committees. Here are a few highlights: SB 49 advanced with no amendments and we are eager to see this bill sent to the Governor for her...
CEP Legislative Update – March 21, 2023
march 21, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Our final pre-WEALTH event will be Wed/Thur (3/22 - 3/23). We'll be talking with Rabbi Moti Rieber and others on the HOT topic of the session: WATER! The legislature has one more week of committee hearings and there's a...
CEP Legislative Update – March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Cheers to another great week in the legislature! This week brought advocates to Topeka to join Zack Pistora on conversations about community resiliency. Our final pre-WEALTH event will be Wed/Thur of this week with...
CEP Legislative Update – March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Whew, what a great week! We celebrated our first WEALTH event this Wednesday with the House Energy and Utilities Chair, Representative Leo Delperdang, in conversation with our Clean Energy Business Council's...